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[William Henry Jackson and another man with photographic equipment on mountain in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, 1871-1878] – Historic Photograph Print

[William Henry Jackson and another man with photographic equipment on mountain in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, 1871-1878], [between 1871 and 1878] — historic photograph
[William Henry Jackson and another man with photographic equipment on mountain in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, 1871-1878], [between 1871 and 1878]. Historic photograph from the Yellowstone collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [William Henry Jackson and another man with photographic equipment on mountain in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, 1871-1878], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[William Henry Jackson and another man with photographic equipment on mountain in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, 1871-1878]

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In this view, William Henry Jackson stands on a cliff with a companion and their photographic equipment, a reminder that the people making these images had to haul heavy glass plates and cameras into rough country. Jackson worked as a photographer for the Hayden Geological Survey during its early-1870s expeditions to the Yellowstone region. His pictures of its canyons, waterfalls and hot springs reached Congress and helped build support for setting the area aside as the first national park in 1872. The record dates the print only to between 1871 and 1878, so it likely comes from the same survey years.

Created / published[between 1871 and 1878]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1870-1880.
NotesNo. 24469-FFG.
SubjectsJackson, William Henry,--1843-1942. Photography--Wyoming--1870-1880. Cliffs--Wyoming--1870-1880. Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan769 × 1,024 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164644

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